October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Cold Spring: typically 24°C by day, 10.4°C at night, with 88 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
September · August · June
October · March · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 16 against October’s 82 — days reach only 12.7°C, 11° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 0.4°C.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C | 0.4°C | 144 mm | 9.2 | 10 h 13 | 16 | Strong coverage |
| February | 15.4°C | 2.3°C | 150 mm | 9 | 10 h 58 | 27 | Strong coverage |
| March | 19.9°C | 5.7°C | 151 mm | 8.2 | 11 h 53 | 49 | Strong coverage |
| April | 23.9°C | 9.3°C | 130 mm | 7.4 | 12 h 56 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| May | 28°C | 14.5°C | 111 mm | 7.7 | 13 h 49 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| June | 30.9°C | 18.7°C | 131 mm | 9.9 | 14 h 17 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32.4°C | 20.7°C | 137 mm | 10.2 | 14 h 06 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.2°C | 20.2°C | 107 mm | 8.2 | 13 h 21 | 49 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.6°C | 17°C | 97 mm | 6.2 | 12 h 20 | 66 | Strong coverage |
| October | 24°C | 10.4°C | 88 mm | 6 | 11 h 19 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| November | 18.2°C | 4.7°C | 121 mm | 6.7 | 10 h 26 | 47 | Strong coverage |
| December | 13.7°C | 1.8°C | 143 mm | 8.9 | 10 h 01 | 22 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C12 Jan 1949 | -20.0°C21 Jan 1985 | 132 mm10 Jan 1905 | 354 mm1936 · driest 16 mm in 1927 | 123 |
| February | 28.9°C23 Feb 2019 | -22.8°C13 Feb 1899 | 158 mm26 Feb 1899 | 354 mm1961 · driest 10 mm in 1898 | 124 |
| March | 33.9°C30 Mar 1907 | -12.2°C14 Mar 1993 | 174 mm4 Mar 1979 | 467 mm1929 · driest 0 mm in 1902 | 124 |
| April | 34.4°C25 Apr 1925 | -3.3°C13 Apr 1940 | 229 mm8 Apr 1938 | 559 mm1979 · driest 3 mm in 1986 | 127 |
| May | 37.8°C31 May 1914 | 0.6°C13 May 1960 | 95 mm20 May 1946 | 346 mm2018 · driest 3 mm in 1898 | 124 |
| June | 41.1°C19 Jun 1936 | 5.6°C3 Jun 1956 | 199 mm26 Jun 1991 | 302 mm1928 · driest 7 mm in 1902 | 125 |
| July | 42.2°C11 Jul 1930 | 11.7°C16 Jul 1926 | 285 mm7 Jul 1916 | 688 mm1916 · driest 14 mm in 1897 | 125 |
| August | 40.6°C21 Aug 1925 | 10.6°C24 Aug 1957 | 172 mm26 Aug 1970 | 463 mm1939 · driest 5 mm in 1893 | 125 |
| September | 43.3°C6 Sep 1925 | 2.2°C30 Sep 1967 | 138 mm17 Sep 2004 | 275 mm1906 · driest 5 mm in 2019 | 125 |
| October | 39.4°C4 Oct 2019 | -4.4°C28 Oct 1957 | 160 mm5 Oct 1995 | 262 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1978 | 125 |
| November | 31.1°C1 Nov 1935 | -13.3°C25 Nov 1950 | 140 mm12 Nov 1929 | 441 mm1986 · driest 8 mm in 1903 | 125 |
| December | 26.7°C9 Dec 2022 | -16.7°C13 Dec 1962 | 130 mm12 Dec 1961 | 490 mm1961 · driest 21 mm in 1917 | 124 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| February | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| March | 7 | <1 | 5 | 4 |
| April | 15 | 1 | <1 | 4 |
| May | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 29 | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 30 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 30 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| September | 27 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 15 | 2 | <1 | 3 |
| November | 2 | <1 | 7 | 4 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10% | 29% | 15% | 30% | 9.9–16.3°C |
| February | 17% | 30% | 17% | 34% | 11.9–18.4°C |
| March | 38% | 27% | 15% | 29% | 16.2–23.2°C |
| April | 64% | 24% | 13% | 24% | 22.0–26.0°C |
| May | 74% | 25% | 12% | 26% | 26.2–30.0°C |
| June | 72% | 28% | 12% | 34% | 29.7–33.8°C |
| July | 67% | 33% | 15% | 41% | 31.0–34.3°C |
| August | 73% | 27% | 11% | 28% | 30.6–34.4°C |
| September | 79% | 21% | 9% | 17% | 27.8–32.8°C |
| October | 73% | 17% | 7% | 14% | 22.7–27.0°C |
| November | 37% | 21% | 11% | 19% | 16.1–21.0°C |
| December | 11% | 28% | 14% | 30% | 11.3–16.2°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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